"This is pretty fun!" she yelled over the dance music. "I love Prada and Miu Miu. I love the vintage

As Fashion Week and icy blasts slammed the city, dinner parties commenced, the couture was amped up, and drinks flowed later than ever. On Tuesday, February 10, at the Mandarin Oriental at Columbus Circle, The New York Botanical Garden hosted united kingdom telephone directory its Orchid Dinner.
“In the dead of winter, the Orchid Dinner, with its beautiful orchids and equally beautifully dressed women, is the perfect antidote to a dreary, cold sky,” Frank de Biasi , one of the flower designers behind the event, cooed eloquently. “I remarked to my dinner partners we’d never seen a New York City benefit party go on so late with dancing!” Carolyn Englefield of Veranda co-hosted the night, which saw the excitable Baccarat CEO, Daniela Riccardi declare, “We must enjoy the moment and revel in it!!”
Revelry was in sweet supply the next evening at the amfAR gala at Cipriani Wall Street. The Foundation for AIDS Research raked in more than $2 million as it honored Harry Belafonte , Patrick Demarchelier and Rosario Dawson , the latter sparkled in Harry Winston’s Exquisite Jewels.
After dinner had been swept away and the honorees had received their awards of Moët , Whoopi Goldberg , Jeremy Piven and Marcia Gay Harden united kingdom telephone directory hung around for a stellar performance of Dame Shirley Bassey ’s greatest hits.
“There’s really good energy here,” said Maria Cornejo , who detailed her next collection’s take on individuality. “It was really hard for me to edit this season,” united kingdom telephone directory she said with a sigh, with a nod to fashion consultant united kingdom telephone directory Roopal Patel , who obviously helped, to her right.
“We just looked at the collection and thought it would show better in the apartment,” Dee Ocleppo , Mrs. Tommy Hillfiger , enthused from one of her sitting rooms at The Plaza’s One Central Park South. “We thought people would like to come to the apartment,” she said with a laugh. With bubbly to sip and Basquiats to gawk at, she was right.
One moment on the calendar not to miss, despite the artic wind, was Prada Soho’s preview of their show “The Iconoclasts.” The flagship installation is a curated display by invited costume designers, this time by Michael united kingdom telephone directory Wilkinson united kingdom telephone directory and   Tim Martin .
“My Fashion Week is very low-key,” Zosia Mamet divulged to Shindigger. “ I’m not doing a whole lot of it,” she said. “I did go to a Lucky dinner to kick it off. I’m going to Cynthia Rowley ’s party,” she continued. Jill Stuart and Rebecca Minkoff were other runway shows on her list.
“This is pretty fun!” she yelled over the dance music. “I love Prada and Miu Miu. I love the vintage throwback aesthetic of it. It feels very ’60s and ’70s to me,” she reasoned, revealing her Italian threads. “Those are my glory days. It’s like I was born in the wrong decade!”